The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-08-04
Random Shots.

Nels Jargenson, Co. I, 1st Wis. Cav, Spring.
water, Wis, says his regiment had a sharp en-
gagement with the enemy on the 10th Of April,
1856, at West Point, Ga, which he thinks was
the last fight Of the war.
Monroe Masterson, Co. F, 18th Ky. Roswell,
Oak, says good word for his regiment and its
! conduct at the battle Of Franklin. It belonged
TO Reilley's Brigade.
s. A. Vendor, Co. A. s7th Pa, Portsmouth,
Iowa, insists that Gen. Gusts Lee was captured
by the Sixth Corps at Sailors Creek. He won
ders il there are any survivors of the s7th. He
never sees anything from the regiment.
Aaron Henry, Go. b, 2lst ". Y. Cav, Box
800, Waterloo, ", Y, referring to the use Of the
bayOnet, says he saw number Of bayonet
wounds. He saw one man with seven, which
caused his death.
VIM. Haney. Co. b. 5lst Ind. Centraiia, H.,
correcting Comrade Frederick in regard to the
makeup OF the Third Brigade Third Division,
Fourth Corps, says that during 1864 and 90 it
was composed of the I5sh and 10Th Ohio, 9Th
Kan, seth III and 5lst Ind.
K. FOhrun, LIST ". Y. MID Rifles. Burlington,
". T., Is glad TO see so many of the comrades
who supported Cleveland getting their eyes
open. He hopes they viii be more careful who
they vo,e for hereafter.
o. f. Cole, Pound, Wis, replying 10 a question,
says the Fourth Brigade, First Division, Second
Corps, was composed Of the SD, fI6th, 145th
and 14Sth Pa, 9th and Goth ~ Y. and 9TH ~
X. III. A. Col. Brooke, who commanded the bri-
gade, belonged to the SD Pa.
w. A. Clark, Co. /, It'll N. Y. H. A., Newark,
". j., replying to a eomrade says that John r.
Brooke was Colonel Of the SD IA. The regi-
ments composing the Fourth Brigade, First
Division, Second Corps, commanded by him in
1854, were the I'd Del, SD, 145th and 18th
Pa, 9th and 66th n. Y. The 7th N. Y. II. A.
| joined the brigade about May Is.
ID. w. Cooper, LIST Ill. battery, Victor Kan.
does not quite agree with COmrade DOYLE in his
criticism Of % Carleton" The writer has read
all Of Cartoons" articles in The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, and is much pleased with them.
| While they contain some errors he believes that
IN the main they are correct aud reliable. In re-
gard to the death Of Gen. Polk the writer thinks
1t viii never be known what battery killed
him.
! James Armstrong. Co. A, 18th Ind, Rosedale.
/ Ind, thinks the Eastern comrades do not blow
their bugles as yociferously as their comrades
Ia the West. He thinks that more men were
killed and wounded in the State Of Virginia.
| II the battles OF Antietam and Gettysburg be
included, than in all the other States put to-
gether. The writer served one year in Co. A,
I4th Ind, Army OF the Potomac, and one year
in Co. F. 18th Ind, marching to the sea with
Sherman.
D. C. Yates, Sergeant, Co. G, 18th Ky. Cav,
Grissoms Landing, KY. sends brief sketch
VI Inc services OF MS rcXimenC IN East ienneS-
see under Col. Frank WOlford and on the At
lanta campaign. He hopes the next pension
bail that IS passed by Congress viii be 50 framed
as to do justice to the needy and deserving
soldiers
Henry Norton, Co. 3, sth N. Y. Cav, address
not giyen,) was much pleased with the sketch Of
the escape from Harper's Ferry By Mai. Bell.
The writer was there and distinctly remembers
all the circumstances. He hopes that Mai. Bell
VIII give us some more"
A. J. Mcmillan, 1st Ark. Cav, Wylie, Tex,
says, in response to the inquiry Of COM
rade, that he was one Of the Seventh Corps who
served on the Southwestern frontier He would
be very glad to hear By letter from any Of his
old comrades.
j. n. Buckley, Co. K, 1O6th H., Lincolnville.
Kan, sends short sketch of the services of
his regiment, beginning with the Vicksburg
campaign under Grant.
b. w. Merritt, Sd N. Y. battery. Odell Neb.,
thinks many Of the old comrades of the Army
o. the Potomac, especially the ex-prisoners Of
war, viii not think f4vorably of the joint Re-
union of the Army Of the Potomac with the
Army of Northern Virginia.